Anyway - it's been a while since an xkcd comic shook me as much, mainly because it tackles a thought I tend to have on a weekly basis. If there's one thing the remaining 21st century won't be, it's "boring". Anything else is in the cards.

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/newtons_trajectories.png Title text: With just one extra line, he could have anticipated the 2003 film The Core, but some things are too audacious for even the greatest visionaries. I can't believe I'm the first to post it. What's happening to these fora?

My Gym has a few tyres for that purpose (and also for bashing them with a sledgehammer which is also a cool workout). My advice would be to try different sizes to see which one has the right weight for you and then watch a few strongman tutorials on youtube on tyre flipping as there's a bit of techn...

My literature professor: "So it follows that the poetic function of language is a result of the projection of the principle of equivalence from the axis of selection to the axis of combination." *blank stares from the students* Professor: "Well, that's what people sound like after ye...

My math teacher in 8th grade, when the class wouldn't quit down: walks over to the blackboard, draws a square, places his left hand in it and turns to the class with a maniac grin on his face. The noise dies down as people realise he's about to go ballistic. "This... This is my relaxtion rectan...

As a former native American culture afficionado, I would like to point out that many tribes were confused by the European settlers' neverending hoarding. I guess what it came down to was that they, as a culture, were more relaxed about bad things happening, no matter how well you're prepared. Greed ...

The point isn't just to exercise, I'm aware this method is probably not the most efficient way. But I'm motivated and having fun. We're not machines. Therefore, "I'm motivated and having fun" is one of the most important things you could say about an exercise regimen. However, I suggest y...

9975 + 27 = 10002 What now? The computer programmer in me tells me we're at -9997 now. I'll add a few and bring us back up to -9992. I'm pretty sure this isn't the first time we reach 10,000. For the past four Weeks, I've been doing 100 total pullups on Monday and 5x5 weighted ones on Friday. So if...

There are physical and mental reasons. I think angry squirrel summed them up pretty nicely; maybe we should add that your blood sugar also plays a big role. When you're used to eating sugary foods frequently, your body will adapt to this and you'll crave sweet food if you haven't had any in a while.

What's a good, cheap source of not-too-terrible food to meet one's caloric requirements? Given that just about all food nowadays is marketed to people on the basis of it not having so many calories, as if that's a plus. (I guess it is, but not for me since I'm way too skinny and don't eat enough. I...

I've decided to discontinue this log, primarily since it doesn't do what I thought it might do. For the record, I keep a training log in a notebook, so it's not like I'll stop keeping track. But over the last few days (which were spent fighting a stomach bug) I realised it - is yet another thing on ...

WED 8-10-14, 9:30am conditioning 5 sprints (I'd call them hill sprints but it was actually fairly flat ground), immediately followed by 20 pressups the first three times, then 10 the last two. I'd already spent the previous 30 minutes walking around the park looking for a pullup bar (no success), so...

MON 6-10-14, 12:15pm DELOAD squat 5x20, 40, 60, 60, 60 - sans squatting shoes since I left them at home. This is not an issue with a single plate on each side, thankfully. bench press - 5x20, 50, 50, 50 deadlift - 5x80, 80 In theory, this was all I had to do... But I got bored and played around a bi...

I think most of this comes from paleo guys constructing strawman arguments - which is, admittedly, easy considering how many people get injured from running. I guess the main issue is that so many people go from being sedentary to running 15+ miles a week within two or three months. Long distance ru...